Skip to main content
  • IetpShops SB - adidas ultra boost vegan shoes 2017 ADIDAS by Stella McCartney - yeezy display font size chart conversion
  • Nike Tnike air presto safari yellow corvette black hills Trainers - IetpShops - latest nike women shoes , Cop Your Next Pair of Nike TNs
  • IetpShops STORE - Air Jordan ZION 1 "BLACK" , air jordan 1 low se aurora green , DA3130 , 001
  • Nike Air Jordan 1 Retro High OG Court Purple 2.0 Weiß Lila Schwarz
  • nike jordan six rings
  • air jordan 1 retro high og hyper royal
  • Cherry Jordan 11 Release Date
  • saquon barkley nike air trainer iii DA5403 200 release date
  • air jordan 14 retro gg hyper pink 654969 028
  • air jordan 4 bred black cement 2019 308497 060 release date
  • Home
  • Calendar
  • About Us
  • Watch/Listen
  • FOIL Docs
  • Editorial Policy
  • Log in
  • Publish Article

Upcoming Events

No upcoming calendar events.

Cultural Criticism

Primary tabs

  • View(active tab)
  • Devel

Police and Political Commentary

Submitted by Annmarie Stango Van Son on Thu, 2021-11-04 06:22

 

BADGE-PATCH-R-Color.jpg

  • Read more about Police and Political Commentary
  • Log in or register to post comments

RECOMMENDED CITY OF ROCHESTER ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD (revised and updated, Oct. 2017)

Submitted by PABOC Ordinance Revision Committee on Sat, 2017-12-09 08:42

The Ordinance Revision Committee of the Police Accountability Board Organizing Committe spent the month of October in 2017 revising and strengthening the ordinance found in the second half of the report "The Case for an Independent Police Accountability System: Transforming the Civilian Review Process in Rochester, New York" co-authored by Barbara Lacker-Ware and Theodore Forsyth. The ordinance below should be replace the ordinance in the February 2017 report.

  • Read more about RECOMMENDED CITY OF ROCHESTER ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD (revised and updated, Oct. 2017)
  • Log in or register to post comments

Police Oversight in Rochester: An Examination of Outcomes and Other Models (September 2017)

Submitted by Center for Governmental Research on Sun, 2017-12-03 07:18

 

Police Oversight in Rochester

An Examination of Outcomes and Other Models September, 2017

From the "Summary:"

 

  • Read more about Police Oversight in Rochester: An Examination of Outcomes and Other Models (September 2017)
  • Log in or register to post comments

CBC News: Canada warned about controversial police shooting expert (2013)

Submitted by Rochester Indymedia on Fri, 2017-11-03 06:21

From the article Canada warned about controversial police shooting expert (2013):

Canadian authorities are being warned about a controversial U.S.-based "police psychologist" who critics say provides advocacy testimony for officers accused of wrongful shootings.

  • Read more about CBC News: Canada warned about controversial police shooting expert (2013)
  • Log in or register to post comments

From Warriors to Guardians: Recommitting American Police Culture to Democratic Ideals (2015)

Submitted by Sue Rahr and Stephen K. Rice on Fri, 2017-11-03 05:38

From the "Introduction" to From Warriors to Guardians: Recommitting American Police Culture to Democratic Ideals (2015):

  • Read more about From Warriors to Guardians: Recommitting American Police Culture to Democratic Ideals (2015)
  • Log in or register to post comments

From Barbara Hartwell , A Saintly Woman

Submitted by gsosbee on Sun, 2017-04-09 14:25

Barbara Hartwell

My photo Curriculum Vitae Independent Investigator, Intelligence Analyst, Journalist. Former CIA (NOC, Psychological Operations) Black Ops Survivor. Sovereign Child of God. Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ (Ordained 1979, D.Div.) Exposing Government Lies, Crimes, Corruption, Conspiracies and Cover-ups.View my complete profile

Sunday, April 9, 2017

FBI AS SATAN IN CHURCH

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him.

  • Read more about From Barbara Hartwell , A Saintly Woman
  • Log in or register to post comments

Few former fbi agents whistle this tune

Submitted by gsosbee on Mon, 2017-03-27 16:36

20120509-mafia.jpg

Few former fbi agents whistle this tune

No more heinous & insidious cowards are hatched and nourished by the USA than the clandestine assassins of fbi/cia.

https://seekingalpha.com/instablog/436163-geral-sosbee/1929821-public-no...

On July 26, 1908, the Federal Bureau of Investigation was hatched and subsequently nourished by a fearful public, an increasingly corrupt and cowardly congress and a fbi crime spree unprecedented in human affairs.

  • Read more about Few former fbi agents whistle this tune
  • Log in or register to post comments

Victims of a psychopathic society have no recourse

Submitted by gsosbee on Mon, 2017-03-20 17:39

Victims of a psychopathic society have no recourse

sosbee site.jpg

For 20 years I have proven that the fbi, police, USPI and members of the general population commit atrocities against me in a manner that also characterizes this overthrown regime’s unlawful and inhumane assaults on others globally. As I try to bring forth evidence to support my reports in courts and in congress, the crimes against me just “go on & on & on” for 30 years.

  • Read more about Victims of a psychopathic society have no recourse
  • 1 comment
  • Log in or register to post comments

Exploring Mayor Lovely Warren’s Time in Office

Submitted by Tianna Mañón, Nilan Lovelace, Michele Ashlee, Vanessa J. Cheeks, Photos by: Michele Ashlee on Thu, 2017-02-02 10:34

Rochester Indymedia and Open Mic are going to be cross posting and collaborating in the coming months on various stories. This is one of the first pieces to be cross posted. We're excited to be working with Open Mic! Check out the original article here: http://www.openmicroc.com/exploring-mayor-lovely-warrens-time-in-office/

Mayor Lovely Warren discusses her time in office. Credit: Michele Ashlee.

Mayor Lovely Warren discusses her time in office. Credit: Michele Ashlee.

Sharing the background of many of Rochester’s black residents, Mayor Lovely Warren’s grandparents migrated north seeking better economic opportunities. And like many of our grandparents, hers didn’t find it either, settling instead for labor.

Graduating from the Rochester City School District, she went on to college, law school, then became a lawyer before working in the community and later leading City Council as the youngest to ever do so.

And then that granddaughter of migrators, sharecroppers, laborers, became Rochester’s first black female mayor.

“If you look at the history of our city we’ve had periods of challenges. And we didn’t look at those and cower down.” -Warren

Mayor Lovely Warren took office in January 2014. However, it hasn’t been an easy three years. In fact, the first year of her term saw a number of scathing reports and criticism from the community. She created security positions in her office, claiming she was being threatened, and then gave them to family members. She was constantly criticized for her handling of the press and many were worried that she wasn’t as good of a pick for Rochester as they’d first hoped.

Going into 2017, Warren hasn’t announced yet if she’ll campaign for re-election. Already James Sheppard, County Legislator for the 23rd District, has announced his campaign for her seat and Rachel Barnhart who recently lost a bid for the State Assembly against Rep. Harry Bronson is toying with a mayoral run as well. Both have charged that Warren has made no change, prompting OM to look at Warren’s time in office.

We looked at four pillars as we examined her “legacy:” development, social justice, violence and crime, and putting Rochester on the map.

  • Read more about Exploring Mayor Lovely Warren’s Time in Office
  • 1 comment
  • Log in or register to post comments

Favorite Bookish Thing 2016: Lines by Hesiod

Submitted by d. eric parkison on Wed, 2016-12-28 21:06

This essay was first published in SHARKPACK Poetry Review! This piece is republished with permission. See the original here: https://sharkpackpoetry.com/2016/12/26/favorite-bookish-thing-2016-lines-by-hesiod/

 

In a state of near-misery, I return to reading I did this summer: Dorothea Schmidt Wender’s ’73 translation of Hesiod and Theognis, included in the Penguin Classics series. Hesiod is most exciting, for me, in Works and Days, and especially in the verses concerning the ages of man. A famous passage (lines 170-201) concerns our own age, that of iron. Hesiod cries out:

I wish I were not of this race, that I
Had died before, or had not yet been born.
This is the race of iron. Now, by day,
Men work and grieve unceasingly; by night
They waste away and die.

  • Read more about Favorite Bookish Thing 2016: Lines by Hesiod
  • Log in or register to post comments

Pages

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • …
  • next ›
  • last »
Subscribe to RSS - Cultural Criticism

Search form

Local News

Did District Attorney Sandra Doorley Violate Ethics Guidelines While Attending a Local Republican Fundraiser in May?
Jim Goodman - Sleeper Cell for the Revolution!
The Press as Powdered Donut with Blue Badge in the Middle
Blueprint for Engagement: Evaluating Police / Community Relations Final Report (2017)
The Police-Civilian Foot Patrol: An Evaluation of the PAC-TAC Experiemnt in Rochester, New York (June 1975)
Police Killing of Denise Hawkins (1975)
Complaint Investigation Committee Legislation (1977)
Race Rebellion of July 1964
Selections Regarding the Police Advisory Board (1963-1970)
Prelude to the Police Advisory Board
A.C. White (January 26, 1963)
Police Raid on Black Muslim Religious Service (January 6, 1963)
Rufus Fairwell (August 12, 1962)
Incarcerated Worker sheds light on Prison Labor Conditions during Pandemic
Police and Political Commentary
BWC video indicates Mark Gaskill was holding his phone as police shouted "gun"
How the NY Attorney General's defended the police who killed Daniel Prude
Hats off to Kropotkin!!
Agreement between the City of Rochester and the Rochester Police Locust Club, 2016 - 2019
Facebook Posts Lead to Federal Rioting Charges for Justice for Daniel Prude Protester

Recent Comments

Any status on FOIL request?
Media's Goebbels
Related
Related
USA as NAZI criminals
oops
PS
A message of Truth from Geral
Fyi
See related data...

Syndication

  • Feature Stories
  • Local News

Account Creation Policy Change

Rochester Indymedia is now requiring editor approval for account creation.

We came to this decision after we had repeated spam posted to our website that caused difficulty with the website's functioning.  We will still have open publishing and keep our site as nonrestrictive and accessible as possible.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us.  As before, we will continue to be Rochester's grassroots news and education site.  Thank you for your continued support and remember, "Don't hate the media, be the media!"

Editorial Meeting Times / Locations

The Rochester Independent Media Center (R-IMC) is no longer meeting regularly.
We will set up meetings by necessity and appointment. Please contact us at rochesterindymedia@rocus.org.
Our home is still the Flying Squirrel Community Space at 285 Clarissa St. Occasionally, we hold meetings at RCTV located at 21 Gorham Street.

Global IMC Network

To be downloaded